Prof. Dikigoropoulou (Architectural Technology Dept., NYCCT) has exhibited her work at the Atlantic Art Walk and at Greenwich House Pottery.

A resident of Brooklyn, originally from Cyprus, she has been doing ceramics for more than 15 years. Prof. Dikigoropoulou came to the United States to attend Architecture School at the University of Minnesota. While there she wanted to take ceramics classes, but with the intensity of the architecture program it was hard to balance art and architecture. It was not until years later, when she moved to New York, and she was a registered architect that her dream was fulfilled.

Recently, The New Yorker published its annual summer fiction issue. This year, the summer fiction issue recognizes 20 promising and talented fiction writers under the age of 40. The editors’ note about the selection of these emerging talents reflects on a similar list from 1999 that included Jhumpa Lahiri, Michael Chabon, and Junot Díaz, all writers whose literary accomplishments since 1999 have certainly lived up to their early promise.

Happily, the City Tech library’s collection includes a number of works by these talented writers. Tell us about your favorite emerging fiction writers in the comments.